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inverness was one of the first places in britain to get universal credit. lessons learned here mean the scottish conservatives cautiously support the changes. we're happy to support the government's tweaks at the moment, flexibilities, adjustments. we'll have to wait and see if they work. i mean, if they have unintended consequences, which they might, and want the wider roll—out of universal credit across the uk to be stopped. it makes no sense to me whatsoever to charge on blindly when you know that there are problems here that cause real hardship and damage to people. fix it before you carry on. amber wants to eventually return to full—time work. universal credit‘s meant to make that easier. but the problems with this introduction are currently making life much harderfor many claimants. sarah smith, bbc news, inverness. twin brothers who've spent a lifetime trying to find out
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what happened to their father during the second world war have finally discovered how he died and where he was buried. the grave of edward graham of the royal irish fusiliers, which was discovered at catania in italy, has now been rededicated by his sons who were born just before his death in 1943. our correspondent robert hall was at today's ceremony and sent this report. the irish brigade, the royal irish fusiliers came over the river simeto in that direction. across the misty slopes of mount etna, edward and sydney graham are following a personal trail which has lasted a lifetime. so, this building behind us, which is pockmarked, is where the germans had one of their positions. the trail of a man who fought his way across sicily in 1943, with no idea that he'd become father to twin sons. he would never meet them. this instalment of the war in sicily... the allied landings in sicily led to six weeks of fighting across difficult and heavily defended terrain. the twins‘ father, also called edward, serving
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with the royal irish fusiliers, fell during a night attack. edward, sydney. this is the end of the journey. last night, as fog swirled around the volcano, researcher richard o'sullivan took the brothers to the area where he died. it does bring it into perspective and it does make it more real, when you are actually here on the site. he was one of many brave men who participated in the liberation of europe. i just feel enormously proud. fusilier graham was never identified, buried as unknown among more than 2000 in the cemetery at catania, but after decades of dogged research, edward graham believed he had found his father's last resting place. we were able to narrow it down quite easily, of royal irish fusiliers in sicily, who had no known grave, and then at that point it was just a case of narrowing down their final locations through war diaries.
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today, there was a new headstone alongside those of fallen fusiliers. edward graham's sons could finally be with their father. i am pleased that he has the dignity of a proper resting place and i am delighted that it is here amongst all his comrades. it is a day that will live with me forever and, yes, it is the end of the trail. robert hall, bbc news, at catania in sicily. robert reporting on that very moving ceremony held today. a reminder that newsnight is on bbc two. here is evan. it was one of those days for the prime minister, everyone talking about the unplanned mishaps, not the planned message. we will try to dissect what happened this week, not
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just in the conference hall today but where exactly is the conservative party going? join me on bbc two. conservative party going? join me on bbc two. here on bbc one, hello and welcome to the programme — plenty to come but lets start the world cup qualifiers loom for the home nations, we hearfrom the camps ahead of tomorrow's ties. another retirement announcement from tyson fury, as he takes to twitter to declare he will not renew his boxing licence. and, where rain stopped play, were a thing of the past? plans to introduce a roof over cricket grounds... hello and welcome to the programme — plenty to come but let's start with tomorrow's world cup qualifiers england can seal their place at next
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years finals with a win against slovenia at wembley tomorrow evening. manager gareth southgate has named spurs' harry kane as captain. with more on england's preparations here's 0lly foster. the england squad is back at tottenham's high—tech training facility to the north of the capital in enfield. head coach gareth southgate wasn't giving much away to the kind of team that he was going to put out in their penultimate cup was qualifier, but he felt with hurricane sat next to him that the totte n ha m hurricane sat next to him that the tottenham striker would be england captain tomorrow evening at wembley —— hurricane. he said that he doesn't think wearing the captain ‘s armband will take anything away from his goal—scoring game. armband will take anything away from his goal-scoring game. we have plenty in the team who wear the armband, and will speak up and try and help one another on the pitch and help one another on the pitch and when things get tough, be there
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for one another. like i said, for me it is just another game to try and help the team and score more goals. and hopefully qualify for the world cup. harry kane, clearly one of england's world—class players but gareth southgate was saying there area gareth southgate was saying there are a couple of players in the squad who, at the moment, clearly do not warrant their place in it. he clarified those remarks. there is that competition for places committee wanted not only in the squad but the starting 11. clearly, hq of the guys are not regularly playing their club. so, what do we want? as a manager, we have an easy job where pretty much everyone available that i select, you have some difficult conversations around areas where players need to improve oi’ areas where players need to improve or get better at. he will be hoping
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he can pick a much stronger squad for the world cup next summer but for the world cup next summer but for now, all he needs from this england squad are two points in their last two matches. tomorrow, lithuania away on sunday. scotland need two wins to keep alive their hopes of a play off place.. they host slovakia at hampden tomorrow and then travel to slovenia on sunday. manager gordon strachan says his side have been used to playing under that pressure for most of the year. people say it is a must win game, i've had to deal with those for the last four... you know, we can deal with that 0k last four... you know, we can deal with that ok but only do that if we have good spirit and camaraderie. we believe that we could come back. like we have in recent months. northern ireland are guaranteed to finish second in group c and look certain to make the playoffs to qualify for the tournament. they've won all five matches so far this year — but they'll have a tough test tomorrow — they host germany. 0ur correspondent natalie pirks is in belfast.
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and a michael 0'neill, northern ireland have risen 109 places in the fifa rankings. they are at a point where they do not fear the world champions coming here tomorrow night. they are unbeaten here at windsor park, in the last four matches, and they have not conceded a goal. although they have lost twice to germany in the last 18 months, they have not been pushed over. michael 0'neill has told his side that although germany are certainly formidable, they are not invincible... this is a game where we have everything to benefit from. we should not really fear the outcome of the game. the players have done the work in this group. they have guaranteed second spot. we approach it with a sense of optimism more than anything else. one thing they have in their favour tomorrow night will be the green and white army. supporters have gathered loads more fan since their exploits at the
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euros last summer and the germans definitely no that they will bring the party. tomorrow will be great. there is a healthy respect between the two countries, and supporters wires. i remember in paris, i think it was thomas muller, we were with oui’ it was thomas muller, we were with ourfans it was thomas muller, we were with our fans after the game. they were impressed by the level of support that we had and the noise our supporters made. we need the crowd to give us more energy. we need them to give us more energy. we need them to energise the team, where there will be times in the game whether players will be extremely tired, hopefully they can draw on that energy and support from the stands. northern ireland haven't been to a world cup since 1986 and it is clear speaking to the players and the manager and the fans what it will mean to them. a win against germany tomorrow night will be historic and would put them in a perfect prime position for the play—offs. in the
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women's champions league, manchester city have won their first leg matches in the rounds of 32, as have chelsea. these are the results... glasgow city are facing elimination. for the third year running, they lost their third leg 3—0 in kazakhstan. its not the first time he's appeared to announce his retirement, but tyson fury has announced on twitter he will not be applying for a fresh boxing license. the former world champion has not fought since july 2015 when he beat wladimir klitschko in dusseldorf. fury had his licence revoked in october 2016 and was charged with a doping offence injune. plans to stop rain delay at cricket matches by covering pictures with a giant meshed hadn't been discussed by governing bodies of cricket. they are exploring pioneering new technology which could put to an end frustrating weather interruptions. patrick gearey has more... cricket
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is oursummer patrick gearey has more... cricket is our summer sport but some are in the uk isn't always suited to cricket. all too often, the weather intervenes and play is lost. it isn't just frustrating intervenes and play is lost. it isn'tjust frustrating but it costs teams, games, points, viewers and the grounds themselves money. wouldn't it be nice if we can keep that rain away? that is exactly what they have done in melbourne at the docklands stadium. it has a retractable roof and has hosted cricket and aussie rules and rugby. it is a neat solution but not one for lord's. that is a particular set of demands as these pictures make very clear. the mcc have been approached with an idea that a giant canopy could cover the entire stadium. it isn't an aprilfool as the entire stadium. it isn't an april fool as the new chief executive guy lavender told us earlier... there are a lot of technical challenges and issues but not to say that we shouldn't look at it seriously. technology is developing all the time. drop in wickets. we need to keep looking
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forward and ensure we do all we can to maximise the amount of play for spectators and broadcasters. he stressed these plans were at an early stage that they are interested in the research being done by the american company behind the technology at the moment. if you watch cook —— cricket next summer, you may still need your umbrella but who knows for the future? now if ever there was ever a story of sporting determination, this is it. ice dancers penny coomes and nick buckland have qualified for next year's winter olympics... just 15 months after penny shattered her kneecap and was told she'd never compete again. they recently registered a career—best score in germany to qualify at the last chance to do so earlier they spoke to our presenter hugh woozencroft. lastjune, i had a nasty fall when we we re lastjune, i had a nasty fall when we were doing one of our lifts, i gaveit we were doing one of our lifts, i gave it to much welly and ended up falling off nick's shoulder, and landed directly on my kneecap. it's split into eight pieces —— kneecap.
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i had two surgeries, and a really long road to recovery. qualifying for a third 0lympic long road to recovery. qualifying for a third olympic games, that is so for a third olympic games, that is so special to us. to nearly have it taken so special to us. to nearly have it ta ken away so special to us. to nearly have it taken away just over one so special to us. to nearly have it taken awayjust over one year ago, it makes it feel even more special. we have said from the beginning that we would like a medal. we trained so hard. we've been through so much. plenty of athletes around the world say they will be going to south korea due to the political tensions at the moment, they are at a critical point. what do you think? as athletes we have a big job to focus on. that is our own performances. are confident the ioc will make the correct decisions, regarding the games. the people at home may not be familiar with ice dancing. they may be familiar with torvill and dean. you've worked with christopher dean, what has that been like? a dream come true, we've grown up like? a dream come true, we've grown up watching them skating, they are
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an inspiration. we are performing one of our programmes to the piece of music they used in the 1994 0lympics. chris choreographed that for us which is really special. we have a couple of moves which made it in their performance and in two hours. it is a nod to them and about continuing the legacy. we are lucky that he did that for us and are very grateful. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our luck ahead at what the papers will be bringing us at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. my guests tonight,
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joining me now. it's good to see you both. let's have a look at what is coming up. we can start with the daily telegraph. i'm happy reading for theresa may's supporters in many of the papers. the telegraph is no exception, describing herfuture as hanging in the balance after a disastrous speech. the metro reflect with disbelief

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